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Service Providers
Monitoring Forms for Smoking Cessation Specialists
Smoking Cessation Facilitators can download the Monitoring Form
and Guidance Notes from here. Alternatively, please contact Pat
Purvis or Helen McClean on 028 2531 1169 to receive information
on how to complete forms online at http://www.stopsmokingni.com
Nicotine Replacement Therapy Guidelines
Click here to view the NRT Guidelines
produced by the Northern Board for cessation service providers.
Specialist Smoking Cessation Services - Quality Standards
Purpose of the standards
These standards have been developed by a multi-disciplinary sub-group
of the NHSSB Tobacco Control Group to assist service providers in
the delivery of quality specialist cessation support.
These standards incorporate the NI Five Year Tobacco Action Plan
2003-2008 {June 2003}. The Department of Health Social Services
and Public Safety monitoring returns {November 2001}. These set
standards have also addressed the Department of Health Social Services
and Public Safety Training Framework {April 2003} and the Thorax
guidelines - evidence based practice {2000}. The development of
these standards for smoking cessation specialists have also taken
into account the Department of Health Social Services and Public
Safety monitoring returns, the Northern Health and Social Services
Board annual report and Equality monitoring.
- Staff providing specialist cessation advice/support will have
attended a minimum of a two-day recognised training or a recognised
training course within the last five years. This training should
be in keeping with the NI Regional Training Framework April 2003.
Staff should ensure continuing competency in delivering the service
and may need to complete refresher training.
- The staff providing specialist smoking cessation support should
have time to deliver the service.
- All services are expected to aim for at least a 45-50% quit
rate at four weeks, and a 20% quit rate at fifty-two weeks.
- Specialist services are encouraged to focus on the target groups
set out in the DHSS&PS Tobacco Action Plan 03/08. These are
disadvantaged people, pregnant smokers and young people.
- Equality, Human Rights and Data Protection legislations are
adhered to in service provision. Equality monitoring forms are
given to smokers availing of specialist cessation services.
- The service is delivered in accordance with an agreed protocol
for one-to-one or group intervention which adheres to the DHSS&PS
monitoring guidelines Nov 2001.
- Smokers are offered an initial consultation of at least fifteen
minutes duration which includes assessment of motivational and
readiness to quit, agreement of quit date and advice regarding
NRT/Bupropion.
- Only smokers ready to set a quit date are registered for specialist
support.
- Structured weekly support should be offered for at least four
weeks after quit date.
- The four-week follow up must be carried out promptly and at
the latest six weeks after a quit date. An individual is considered
to have successfully quit smoking if they have not smoked at all
since two weeks after the quit date.
- Smokers should be offered a total individual contact time of
at least 1 ½ hours. Some of the support may be provided
by telephone contact if more suitable for the individual.
- The fifty-two week follow-up is carried promptly either in person
with the client or via telephone. Smokers who have not quit smoking
at four weeks do not need to be followed up at 52 weeks.
- Week four and fifty-two week monitoring returns are submitted
to the Smoking Cessation Co-ordinator.
- Monitoring returns, payments claims and reports are submitted
promptly and within agreed time-scales.
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